it is laura in the studio. and it is henry in the studio. henry in the studio. today s big sto is henry in the studio. today s big story is keir henry in the studio. today s big story is keir starmer s - henry in the studio. today s big story is keir starmer s promise | henry in the studio. today s big i story is keir starmer s promise on migration. he has said cryptic things for a long time since he has been leader, yes, migration is too high, 700,000 people coming to the country is too big a number. but today for the first time in this campaign he has been clear about a commitment to get the numbers down, which, henry, is a different thing to say i think it is too high. why? because in five weeks per match time should he become prime minister, people like you and me also you made a commitment in the last general election, how have you delivered against it? i also think it is significant because of the politics. the politics are obvious, but we
realisation, the polls are not going to narrow. they said if after this week s debate on tuesday between rishi sunak and keir starmer at the polls do not begin to narrow, they said, mark my words, conservative mps are going to panic. that said, mark my words, conservative mps are going to panic. mps are going to panic. that is fascinating mps are going to panic. that is fascinating because mps are going to panic. that is fascinating because somebody| mps are going to panic. that is i fascinating because somebody in mps are going to panic. that is - fascinating because somebody in tory hq said that to me. they said if nothing else shifts by the end of next week, quite soon, and i paraphrase, people will start losing their marbles. because what we have seenin their marbles. because what we have seen in the last week the tories have chucked out new policies, more than anyone else, and they should appeal to their base voters. national service got people talking, some of the guarantees
saying controls on immigration if people don t believe that he actually wants to control it in the way the voters labour at that point were losing wanted to. one thing thatis were losing wanted to. one thing that is interesting, where did keir starmer say read my lips? fin that is interesting, where did keir starmer say read my lips?- that is interesting, where did keir starmer say read my lips? on the sun on sunda . starmer say read my lips? on the sun on sunday- and starmer say read my lips? on the sun on sunday- and i starmer say read my lips? on the sun on sunday. and i know starmer say read my lips? on the sun on sunday. and i know newspapers i starmer say read my lips? on the sun| on sunday. and i know newspapers are not as powerful on sunday. and i know newspapers are not as powerful or on sunday. and i know newspapers are not as powerful or influential on sunday. and i know newspapers are not as powerful or influential as - not as powerful or influential as they used
can tecture the idea, frankly, that the tories can lecture anybody about tax cuts or tax can lecture anybody about tax cuts or tax rises can lecture anybody about tax cuts or tax rises is now ludicrous. we have or tax rises is now ludicrous. we have tyre or tax rises is now ludicrous. we have tyre tax burden now than at any time since have tyre tax burden now than at any time since the second world war. that is time since the second world war. that is every government, including all those that is every government, including all those labour governments. they are in all those labour governments. they are in absolutely no position and that is are in absolutely no position and that is why are in absolutely no position and that is why i said centrally in the speech, that is why i said centrally in the speech, if that is why i said centrally in the speech, if they want to fight on economy, speech, if they want to fight on economy, if they think in some fantasyland thi
that is no different. these are huge. that is no different. these are huge, fundamental differences. the power huge, fundamental differences. the power this huge, fundamental differences. the power this year is with the voters to vote power this year is with the voters to vote for power this year is with the voters to vote for that change. so i think there to vote for that change. so i think there is to vote for that change. so i think there is a to vote for that change. so i think there is a huge, clear distinction. we have there is a huge, clear distinction. we have set out our case in terms. it is we have set out our case in terms. it is very we have set out our case in terms. it is very clearly the risk of going on with it is very clearly the risk of going on with 14 it is very clearly the risk of going on with 14 more years of this decline on with 14 more years of this decline or on with 14 more years of this decline or turning our face to the task of decline